Exhibitions, Activities and Statements on my Work
Current Shows
From July 2020 Work at Bermondsey Gallery https://www.bermondseygallery.co.uk/artists/rory-brooke
Forthcoming Shows
8th-12th May 2024 Hampstead Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead Heath, NW3 1TH https://affordableartfair.com/fairs/london-hampstead/
8th-9th June 2024 E8 Art Trail, https://www.e8artandcrafttrail.co.uk/
1st-16th June 2024 E17 Art Trail, Pictorem Gallery, 383 Hoe St, London E17 9AP, https://www.e17arttrail.co.uk/
15th July-11th Aug 2024 London Fields Lido solo show
Past Shows
March-6th April 2024 'RBSA Print Prize', 4 Brook Street, St. Paul's Square, Birmingham, B3 1SA
1st-10th December 2023 East London Printmakers Festival of Print, Art Pavillion, Mile End
2nd-3rd December 2023 E8 Art Trail, https://www.e8artandcrafttrail.co.uk/
15th-19th November 2023 Barnes Art Fair, St Michael & All Angels Church, 39 Elm Bank Gdns, SW13 0NX
4th-14th November 2023 'At the Waters Edge', Margate Pie Factory, 5 Broad Street Margate CT9 1EW, https://piefactorymargate.co.uk/exhibition
26th-29th October 2023 Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, Fireworks Factory, No.1 Street, SE18 6HD, https://woolwichprintfair.com/fair-details
18th-22nd October 2023 Battersea Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, SW8 4NW
23rd June - 6th July 2023 E5 Bakehouse solo show, Arch 395, Mentmore Terrace London E8 3PH
10th-11th June 2023 E8 Art & Craft Trail, 195 Mare Street, London, E8
8th April - 3rd June 2023 Dagenham: Past, Present & Future, Valence House, Becontree Ave, RM8 3HT
10th-14th May 2023 East London Printmakers stall, Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead
20th April - 4th May 2023 Article 25 10x10 auction. Auction 4th May The Bindery 51-53 Hatton Garden, London EC1N 8HN
29th March - 24th April 2023 'London Trees' exhibition, Launderdale House, Highgate Hill, London, N6.
6th - 10th April 2023 OSO Art Centre Easter Fair, Barnes Green, London SW13 0LF
31st Jan - 5th Feb 2023 'Thinking of Printing', Printmaking Council, Bankside Gallery
3rd - 6th Nov 2022 Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, The Fireworks Factory, No.1 Street, London, SE18 6HD
29th Oct - 19th Nov 2022 'Surface and Depth', Printmakers Council exhibition at Madell's Gallery, Norwich, NR3 1HN
30th Jan 22 - 27th Jan 23 'The Tree of Life' exhibition, Stanton Guildhouse, Stanton, Broadway, Worcestershire, WR12 7NE
15 Sep – 15 Oct 2022 'RBSA Prize Exhibition', 4 Brook Street, St. Paul's Square, Birmingham, B3 1SA
2nd-28th August 2022 'Oxmarket Open' East Street, Chichester, PO19 1YH
16th-17th July 22 'East End Canal Festival' Arts Pavillion, Mile End Park
Feb 2022 Art Room 'Black & White' exhibtion finalist
Jan 2022 Art Room 'Open' exhibtion finalist
11th-12th Dec 2021 Dalston Arts Christmas Fair, St. Mark’s Church Hall, Colvestone Crescent, London E8
1st Dec 2021 10x10 Art Auction, Article 25,
26th Nov - 5th Dec 2021 Festival of Print, East London Printmakers show, Arts Pavillion, Mile End Park
30th Sep - 30th Nov 2021 'London Fields Revealed', Broadway Bookshop, Broadway Market, solo show
3rd Sept - 9th Oct 2021 Bridport Arts Centre (Dorset), Urban/Rural Group show
July 2021 'Botanicals’ art exhibition, Art Room Gallery
23rd July - 1st August 2021 'Landmarks', Group show, West Wycombe Art Centre and West Wycombe House
24th June - 24th July 2021 'Colours of Summer' at Bermondsey Gallery
1st-4th July 2021 London Art Biennale, Chelsea Town Hall
May-July 20201 '50 Shades of Red Art' Competition: Semifinalist (wall 25)
From June 2021 'Landscapes' Art Show, Grey Cube Gallery, finalist
From June 2021 'Nature' exhibition, Art Room Gallery, finalist
From May 2021 'City' exhibition, Art Room Gallery, finalist
12th-20th June 2021 Dalson Opens, Chrom Art Gallery, 502 Kingsland Road, London, E8 4AE
12th April - 21st May 2021 'Animal, Mineral, Vegetable', solo show, Pictorem Gallery, London, E17 9AP
17th April - 9th May 2021 Royal West of England Acadamey 168 Annual Open Exhibition
10th February 2021 Landscape Artist of the Year, West Wycombe heat contestant and short-listed to three
Nov 20 to Jan 21 Bath Society of Artists’ 115th Open Exhibition
September - Dec 2020 'Colour', Printmakers Council group show, Over Seas House, St James St, London SW1A 1LR
August - December 2020 Hastings Open, Hastings Museum and Gallery
October - December 2019 'Land Sea Sky', Printmakers Council group show, Barton-upon-Humber
May 2008 ‘Decarbonart’, group show, City Hall, London
May 2007 ‘Loveletter to London’ group show, City Hall, London
May 2000 Solo show, Sutton House Gallery, Hackney
April 2000 Solo show, Little Georgia, Broadway Market, Hackney
December 1998 Hidden Art, Hackney
February 1997 'Contemporary Printers Exhibition', RBSA Gallery, Birmingham
March 1996 'Contemporary Printers Exhibition', RBSA Gallery, Birmingham
1993 Print exhibition, PSI offices, Regent's Park, London
East London Printmakers (ELP) shows
25 Nov- 4 Dec 2022 Festival of Print, East London Printmakers show, Arts Pavillion, Mile End Park
26th Nov - 5th Dec 2021 Festival of Print, East London Printmakers show, Arts Pavillion, Mile End Park
December 2019 ELP Festival of Print show, The Art Pavilion, Mile End Park, London
November 2019 ELP group stall at Woolwich Print Fair, Woolwich, London
June 2013 ELP group show, Shoreditch Town Hall, London
June 2012 ELP group show, Foremans, Hackney Wick, London
April 2005 ELP group show, Tea Building, Shoreditch, London
November 2002 BAT Open Studios, Bow, London
September 2001 ELP Auction, Prince’s Foundation (with art by Paula Rego, Sam Taylor-Wood & Paul Coldwell. Auctioneer: Jenny Éclair)
July 2001 Bow Arts Trust (BAT) Open Studios, London (opened by Graham Norton)
December 2000 Hidden Art 00, Green Bridge, Mile End, London
June-July 2000 ELP show, The Foundry, Shoreditch
December 1999 Hidden Art 99, Broadway Market, Hackney
November 1999 The Contemporary Print Fair, Brick Lane, London
September 1999 Spike Island print show, Bristol
Birmingham Print Workshop shows
April-May 1998 Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth
November 1997-Jan 1998 'Pressing Forward', Midland Art Centre (MAC), Birmingham
April 1997 'Prints from Birmingham Print Workshop', London Print Workshop Gallery
September/October 1996 'Making a Mark', The Custard Factory, Birmingham
December 1995 'Twilight Shift', The Bond Gallery
Other Activities
1998-2001 Founder and chair of East London Printmakers
1996-99 Vice-chair and lottery bid manager for Birmingham Print Workshop
Statements on my Work
Tai-Shan Schierenberg, portrait and landscape painter and LAOTY presenter talking about my picture 'A35 Through Chideock':
"I love the flatness of the colours, and the way the pigment goes down is very beautiful... Its graphicness is countererd by the very organic way the fouliage is rendered. Its quite magical."
Kathleen Soriano, director of exhibitions at the Royal Academy and LAOTY presenter on my picture 'West Wycombe House':
"The colours are just gorgeous."
Kate Bryan, British art historian, curator and arts broadcaster on my picture 'West Wycombe House':
"Hello Andy Warhol in your factory in the middle of Landscape Artist of the Year. It's so impressive."
"I think his colour palette is great. He's a very sophisticated artist."
"The colours are harmoneous. He's done something that's really zingy and attractive."